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Politicians Want Progress on Unemployment and Homelessness? Change the Discussion

Sara Bice, Thursday, 9th June 2016 -  Australian Not for Profits are continuing to push the agendas on meaningful social issues like unemployment and homelessness despite another election campaign week littered with…

Housing and Homelessness are in the Top Three Priorities for Australians

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 7th June 2016 -  Housing and homelessness rank third on the list for voters funding priorities, according to new research. The research, commissioned by Not for Profit Launch Housing, found that…

Changemaker

The Importance of Sharing Conversations

Wendy Williams, Monday, 6th June 2016 -  Robert Gillies is determined to change negative attitudes towards homelessness through his charity clothing store “HoMie”. Gillies is this week’s Changemaker. In December 2014,…

200,000 on Social Housing Waitlist

Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 2nd June 2016 -  Almost 200,000 Australians are on the waiting list to access social housing and the number of available homes has barely increased from the previous year, according to a new report.…

Thousands Show Support for Shower Bus After Parking Fine “Attack”

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  Thousands of people have offered their support for the Not for Profit behind the world’s first mobile shower service for the homeless, after the bus was given a parking fine. The shower…

Charities Call on Political Parties to Halve Homelessness

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 24th May 2016 -  Leading providers of homelessness services in Australia have joined forces to call on all political parties to make reducing homelessness a priority in the federal election campaign.…

Housing Alliance Campaign to ‘Vote Home’

Lina Caneva, Friday, 20th May 2016 -    A national alliance of housing, homelessness and welfare peak bodies has begun a digital election campaign to make housing affordability and homelessness major election…

Women’s Homelessness At Record Levels

Eisha Gupta , Tuesday, 3rd May 2016 -  The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW has urged all levels of government to address the affordable housing crisis after it found a majority of people accessing homelessness services …

Melbourne Entrepreneur to Launch SleepBus

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd March 2016 -  A Melbourne entrepreneur is fundraising to build a giant bus to provide overnight accommodation for people sleeping rough or homeless people. Entrepreneur and chef Simon Rowe is…

Cycle of Youth Homelessness Needs Intervention – NFP Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 16th February 2016 -  Up to one in seven young people could be at risk of homelessness due to poor family relationships and mental health issues, according to a new report from Mission Australia. The Not…

Better Targeted Affordable Housing Needed

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 11th February 2016 - 
More targeted, affordable housing across specific regions of Australia is needed to stop the rise in homelessness, a study by community welfare agency, Launch Housing has found.
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Domestic Violence Driving Homelessness

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 9th December 2015 -  Domestic and family violence was directly responsible for one-third of all Australians who used specialist homelessness services over the last two years, new government figures…

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